Swimming bag



July 5, 1927.

H. A AYVAD SWIMMING BAG Filed Aug. a0; 19%

Inventor,

Hachig A Ayvad. BYWWKM Attorney Patented July 5, 1927.

UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HACI-IIG A. .AYVAD, OF WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY.

SWIMMING BAG.

i Application filed August 30, 1926. Serial No. 132,430.

This invention relates particularly to an article which is useful for increasing the buoyancy of those engaged in bathing, swimming and water sports. It relates particularly to swimming bags of woven fabrlc which is impervious to air when wet because of the capillary property of the fabric and the surface tension of the water. Objects are to provide a pair of swimming bags in a unitary structure .vhich are easy to use, strong, dependable, puncture proof and capable of supporting two persons in the water. Further objects are swimming bags of a form convenient for use and of a configuration such that with printing thereon they will resemble aquatic animals.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings which forms a part of this description,

Figure 1 shows the complete article which embodies this invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line II-lI of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a perspective showing the article folded into the form in which it will normally be used.

Fig. 4. is a plan of a section of fabric showing how figures are arranged to be cut with minimum waste, the dotted lines indicating the lines of out and the full lines showing the printing thereon.

The article comprises two S-shaped swimming-bags 1O, 10 each of which is of an outline suitable for the printing thereon of a representation of an aquatic animal, as a seal, which substantially fills the outline. One of the S-shaped swimming-bags is of reversed outline, as compared to the other when both are viewed from the same side of the completed article. One end of one of the swimn'iing-bags is joined to one end of the other swimming-bag at the line 11. The ends so joined are those adjoining which the tail of the aquatic animal. is printed. The other ends have curved and tapered extensions 12, 12, preferably formed from separate pieces of fabric so that the goods for the article can be cut with less waste. The extensions may carry thereon the representation of a smaller aqua-tic animal as a fish which the seal is represented as chasing.

Avalve is inserted in the end of each of the tapered extensions which consists of a perforated mouthpiece 13 of hard material, as turned piece of wood, and a cloth tube within the extension, which is formed by sewing together two curved strips of fabric 14:, let. The mouthpiece is inserted into the larger end of the tube, as set forth in an' application executed by me concurrently herewith.

The walls of the bags are each preferably of two sheets or plies of fabric so that the 'n'essure of air within the bags may be materially greater without leakage. The pieces for each article are cut from four sheets of fabric 18 inches by inches as shown in Fig. 4. One of the sheets is printed as shown and provides the pieces for the face on one side of one bag and the face on the opposite side of the other bag. Another sheet is printed the mirror reverse and this provides the pieces for the other faces of the two bags. The other two sheets are not printed and provide the interior plies. The extension pieces are stitched two ply to the S-shaped pieces two ply to form each side and two sets of two ply are stitched together around their edges and bound with tape 15. The bags are preferably joined by stitching together all of the plies so that there is no passage of air from one bag to the other, and accidental deflation of one bag will not result in the deflation of the other.

I claim:

1. A pair of S-shaped swimming-bags one of which is reversed with respect to the other, one end of each bag being joined to one end of the other bag, and the other ends of the bags being provided with valves.

2. A pair of S-shaped swimming-bags one of which is reversed with respect to the other, one end of each bag being joined to one end of the other bag, the other ends of the bags being provided with valves, and the bags being sealed off from each other.

3. A pair of S-shaped swimming-bags one of which is reversed with respect to the other and each of which is of an outline such that with the printing thereon it will resemble an aquatic animal.

HAGHIG A AYVAD. 

